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Predictors of treatment failure among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the treatment clinic in mulago hospital: A case control study.
(2008-08)
Title: Predictors of treatment failure among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in the tuberculosis clinic in mulago hospital.
BACKGROUND:
Treatment failure is a threat to the control of tuberculosis ...
The prevalence of palpable breast lumps among young women attending Makerere University and their awareness of breast self examination
(2009)
Introduction: The commonest presenting symptom among women attending the breast clinic in Mulago Hospital is a lump. Whereas breast lumps form the biggest burden of disease in Mulago hospital breast clinic and breast lump ...
The incidence of and factors associated with wound infection among post caesarean section mothers in Mulago Hospital
(2002-06)
INTRODUCTION:
Caesarean section is a common operation in obstetrics practice. Although, life saving for both mother and infant, caesarean section poses a documented medical risk to the mother’s health including wound ...
Prevalence of anemia and its influence on treatment outcome in congestive heart failure patients attending Mulago Hospital
(2007-06)
BACKGROUND: Anemia in heart failure has recently emerged as a new area of focus in as far as the adverse prognostic importance of anemia in heart failure is concerned. It has been noted that patients with congestive heart ...
Causes of lower respiratory infection in HIV-infected Ugandan adults who are sputum AFB smear-negative
(IUATLD, 2003)
SETTING: Mulago national referral and teaching hospital.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the etiology of lower respiratory infections in HIV-infected Ugandan adults who are sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-negative.
DESIGN: A ...
Factors associated with poor outcome in new born babies born before arrival (BBA) admitted in mulago hospital.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
New born care practices in sub-saharan Africa and Uganda in particular have proved to be suboptimal especially if the child is born before arrival (BBA). Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Uganda is at 27/1000 ...
Impact of decision-operation interval on pregnancy outcomes among mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section at mulago hospital.
(2009-05)
Delay, decision-operation interval, bad pregnancy outcomes.
TITTLE:
Impact of decision-operation interval on pregnancy outcomes among mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section at mulago hospital.
BACKGROUND:
The ...
Coping with TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
(Expert Reviews, 2009)
The TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a relatively frequent complication in HIV–TB-coinfected patients after they start highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). There are two forms of TB IRIS: ...
Psychosocial functioning amon bipolar 1 disorder patients in remission phases as seen in mulago and butabika hospitals in uganda.
(2008-05)
INTRODUCTION:
Bipolar disorder is a common lifelong psychiatric illness, which may carry severe impairment of patients’ general functioning. In 1990, the world health organisation reported that bipolar disorder is the 6th ...
Prevalence and factors associated with non-adherence to HAART among HIV-positive women in reproductive age in kayunga district.
(2009-05)
INTRODUCTION:
Globally approximately 40.3 million people are infected with HIV, of whom 25.8 million are in sub-saharan Africa. Women living in sub-saharan Africa are more affected by HIV/AIDS than any other population ...